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Stop the flawed and failing Badger Cull Prof Rosie Woodroffe blows holes in the government rebuttal of Simon King OBE e-petion Petition: End the badger cull instead of expanding to new areas The government responded to this petition when it received 10,000 signatures. Unfortunately, the government’s response was so inaccurate and ...read more →

NFU president Meurig Raymond said farmers in the prospective cull areas were becoming frustrated at the lack of action on bovine TB and wanted clarity about whether new areas could be licensed this year. Source: www.fginsight.com See on Scoop.it – Bovine TB, badgers and cattle

Westcountry MP Neil Parish is to use his election as chairman of a powerful House of Commons select committee to test the evidence that culling badgers is helping to bring down TB in cattle.Mr… Source: www.westernmorningnews.co.uk Unfortunately as the badger culls were carried out with no scientific oversight it will ...read more →

Right winger Owen Paterson has said he would be happy to rejoin David Cameron’s Government, insisting the whole party wishes the new administration… Source: www.theargus.co.uk Green Blob fighter Owen Paterson pushes for power in Cameron’s new government. Politics over evidence would make a reappearance if he is given a new ...read more →

The new Conservative government has much to get to grips with when it comes to farming. We take a look at 10 priorities for agriculture. 1. New team at Def Source: www.fwi.co.uk English farmers will expect a lot more from the new conservative dominated DEFRA. The badger cull will be ...read more →

Farmers have been spared the need to go to court to fight for the continuation of the badger cull thanks to the Conservatives’ election victory.Senior NFU members in the South West were poised to… Source: www.westernmorningnews.co.uk Nature is one of the big losers in today’s ‘U.K.’ election result as national ...read more →

Queen guitarist Brian May on why David Cameron represents privilege – and why our political system is a “disgrace” Source: www.bigissue.com David Cameron has had five years to lead ‘the greenest government ever’. He has failed dismally showing, through his choice of obfuscating Environment Secretaries, that he never held deep ...read more →

Just how dry is California? Here is every map of the state released by the U.S. Drought Monitor since 2011. The majority of California is experiencing extreme to exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and the state’s condition isn’t expected to improve in the near future. The Drought Monitor, ...read more →